Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler of Chen

Chen Xu 陳頊

First attested AD 552; died AD 582

Passages
125
Chapters
19
Histories
3

Overview

Chen Xu was a ruler of Chen.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Posthumous name Emperor Xuan 宣帝
Temple name Gaozong 高宗 Gaozong

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Chen, Chapter 36 Volume 36: Chen Shuling, Prince of Shixing; Chen Bogu, Prince of Xin'an 14 passages
  2. Book of Chen, Chapter 29 Volume 29: Zong Yuanrao; Sima Shen; Mao Xi; Cai Zheng 24 passages
  3. Book of Chen, Chapter 7 Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts 22 passages
  4. Book of Chen, Chapter 24 Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian 10 passages
  5. Book of Chen, Chapter 4 Volume 4: Emperor Fei 8 passages

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Source notes

  • Biography of Shen Junli's Taijian year two for making Junli's daughter crown prince's consort is erroneous against the Annals' Taijian year one
    Field appointment-year · Witness Work Biography of Shen Junli 沈君理傳
    Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passages 193-194
  • Annals of Emperor Xuan read Taijian year one for the consort appointment; the lemma's Taijian year three should follow that reading
    Field appointment-year · Witness Work Annals of Emperor Xuan 宣帝紀
    Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passages 190-192

References in the histories

125 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 4Volume 4: Emperor Fei · 8 passages
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二年春正月己亥，侍中、都督中外諸軍事、驃騎大將軍、司徒、錄尚書、揚州刺史安成王頊進位太傅，領司徒，加殊禮，闰履上殿； On jihai day in the first month of year 2 Xu, Prince of Ancheng—palace attendant, commander of all armies, grand general of agile cavalry, minister over the masses, recorder of the Masters of Writing, and inspector of Yangzhou—was promoted to grand tutor, retained the post of minister over the masses, received extraordinary honors, and was allowed to wear shoes in the audience hall;
Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 22 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 11Volume 11: Huang Faqu; Chunyu Liang; Zhang Zhaoda · 3 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 12Volume 12: Hu Ying; Xu Du; Du Leng; Shen Ke · 1 passage
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高宗即位，加散騎常侍、都督廣衡東衡交越成定新合羅愛德宜黃利安石雙等十八州諸軍事、鎮南將軍、平越中郎將、廣州刺史。 When Emperor Xuan succeeded, Ke was further made scattered-cavalry regular attendant, commander of armies in eighteen southern provinces including Guang, Heng, Eastern Heng, Jiao, Yue, Cheng, Ding, Xin, He, Luo, Ai, De, Yi, Huang, Li, An, Shi, and Shuang, general who guards the south, Gentleman-General Who Pacifies the Yue, and inspector of Guangzhou.
Book of Chen, Chapter 16Volume 16: Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi · 4 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Chong; Wang Tong; Yuan Jing · 1 passage
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Book of Chen, Chapter 18Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai · 4 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 19Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu · 1 passage
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Book of Chen, Chapter 20Volume 20: Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao · 7 passages
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及文帝崩，高宗受遺詔為尚書令入輔，仲舉與左丞王暹、中書舍人劉師知、殷不佞等，以朝望有歸，乃遣不佞矯宣旨遣高宗還東府。 When Emperor Wen died, Emperor Xuan took the testament as director of the masters of writing and entered to govern. Zhongju, with the left assistant Wang Xian and secretariat attendants Liu Shizhi and Yin Bujiu, judged where the court’s hopes lay and sent Bujiu to forge an edict ordering Emperor Xuan back to the Eastern Mansion.
光大元年八月，前上虞縣令陸昉及子高軍主告其謀反，高宗在尚書省，因召文武在位議立皇太子，子高預焉，平旦入省，執之，送廷尉，其夕與到仲舉同賜死，時年三十。 In the eighth month of Guangda year 1 (567), the former magistrate of Shangyu, Lu Fang, and one of Zigao’s army commanders reported a plot to rebel. Emperor Xuan was in the masters of writing office and called the officials to discuss the crown prince. Zigao came at dawn, was seized and sent to the court of trials, and that evening was granted death with Dao Zhongju. He was thirty.
Book of Chen, Chapter 22Volume 22: Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Ya · 1 passage
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Book of Chen, Chapter 23Volume 23: Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan · 5 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 10 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 25Volume 25: Pei Ji; Sun Yang · 3 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 29Volume 29: Zong Yuanrao; Sima Shen; Mao Xi; Cai Zheng · 24 passages
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世祖崩，廢帝沖昧，高宗錄尚書輔政，僕射到仲舉等知朝望有歸，乃矯太后令遣高宗還東府，當時疑懼，無敢措言。 When Emperor Wen died, the Deposed Emperor was young and ignorant; Emperor Xuan assumed the recorded affairs of the masters of writing as regent; vice director Dao Zhongju and others knew that court expectation had a direction and therefore forged an empress dowager order sending Emperor Xuan back to the eastern palace; at the time there was doubt and fear, and none dared speak.
Book of Chen, Chapter 30Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai · 7 passages
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高宗嘗敕取揚州曹事，躬自省覽，見濟條理詳悉，文無滯害，乃顧謂左右曰「我本期蕭長史長於經傳，不言精練繁劇，乃至於此」。 Emperor Xuan once ordered the Yangzhou bureau papers brought for his own reading. Ji had arranged everything with meticulous clarity, the documents flowing without snag or tangle. The emperor turned to his attendants and said, "I expected Chief Secretary Xiao to shine in the classics—not that he would master tangled administration to this degree."
及高宗為司徒，妙簡僚佐，吏部尚書徐陵薦瓊於高宗曰：「新安王文學陸瓊，見識優敏，文史足用，進居郎署，歲月過淹，左西掾缺，允膺茲選，階次小踰，其屈滯已積。」 When Emperor Xuan was Minister of Works, he chose his staff with care. Minister of personnel Xu Ling recommended Qiong to him, saying, "Lu Qiong, literary officer to the Prince of Xin'an, is sharp in judgment and quick in mind; his command of letters and history is ample. He has lingered in the secretariat too long. The left western aide post stands open and he should fill it; only his rank is a little low, and the delay has pressed on him too long."
Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 8 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 36Volume 36: Chen Shuling, Prince of Shixing; Chen Bogu, Prince of Xin'an · 14 passages
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伯固雅性輕率，好行鞭捶，在州不知政事，日出田獵，或乘眠轝至於草間，輒呼民下從遊，動至旬日，所捕獐鹿，多使生致，高宗頗知之，遣使責讓者數矣。 Bogu was frivolous by nature and fond of the whip. In his province he ignored government, hunted by day, sometimes rode a sleeping litter into the meadows, and called commoners to join him for outings that could last ten days. The deer and boar he took he mostly had brought in alive. Emperor Gaozong knew of it and sent envoys to rebuke him more than once.
Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan · 1 passage
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